Planet Innovation and Olympus aim at life sciences markets

Australian innovative manufacturer Planet Innovation and Japan’s Olympus Corporation have signed a long-term strategic partnership to develop and manufacture innovative digital workflow solutions for life science markets. Healthtech contract design and manufacturing company Planet Innovation will work with Olympus subsidiary, the Evident Corporation which is the Japanese company’s former Scientific Solutions business and a leader…

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UNSW team develops new “bottom-up” way to grow catalysts, with potential in more efficient fuel cells

University of NSW Sydney researchers have developed a new way to grow nanoscale materials, opening up the possibility for cheaper and more sustainable fuel cells. Their paper in Science Advances details a way to create “interconnected hierarchical structures in 3D at the nanoscale”, the university said in a statement on Wednesday. These structures were described…

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Opportunities for industry in new Black Hawk order

The government and Lockheed Martin Australia have emphasised Australian industry opportunities in Australia’s latest acquisition of 40 Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk helicopters for the Australian Army The Head, Land Capability Major General Jeremy King, CSM, said this was an important acquisition which will meet the strategic needs of the Australian Army. Major General King said:…

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Collaboration develops mining extraction equipment

Three SME mining technology companies have partnered to develop an Enhanced Machine Retrieval Safety system for recovering underground mining equipment. The Western Australian companies, HARD-LINE, Murray Engineering, and Beltor Engineering combined their expertise in the area of retrieval to develop a quicker, safer, and more productive solution to recover vehicles buried in rubble. Beltor provides…

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UoW team gets US government backing for 3D printing with recycled plastic

A University of Wollongong researcher has been awarded backing from the United States’ National Science Foundation and the CSIRO for a project involving the use of waste plastic for 3D printing home goods on construction sites. Dr Aziz Ahmed, a lecturer in structural engineering, is the project lead on the multi-disciplinary, multi-organisation project, titled “Designing…

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